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humanodon  ·  3665 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: DeafJapan Japanese American French Sign Languages - YouTube

I wonder if that indicates a difference in origin between American Sign Language and the British derivatives. I guess that just highlights how different sign languages are from spoken languages, at least in terms of development.

It's kind of funny to me that a "loud talker" in sign language is noisier in general, but I can see that. Is it also considered to be . . . not "rude" maybe, but mildly inconvenient?





AshShields  ·  3665 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I'd be interested in learning about the development of the two.

I've never come across anyone thinking of it as rude or inconvenient, it's just part of the culture, I guess?